Monday, March 18, 2024

TURN THE CHANNEL on the THOUGHTS that you CHOOSE NOT to THINK about

    Our minds have an ENDLESS STREAM of THOUGHTS that try to GRAB our ATTENTION.

   It is UP TO YOU WHICH THOUGHTS you will CHOOSE to THINK ABOUT.

   Just like you USE the REMOTE CONTROL to CHOOSE what you WILL WATCH on TV, you USE your WISDOM to CHOOSE what THOUGHTS you WILL THINK ABOUT.

    You can't PREVENT a NEGATIVE THOUGHT from POPPING UP front and center AGAIN and AGAIN,  but you can at a QUICK GLANCE JUST FLUSH IT OUT OF YOUR MIND so it can't HURT you AGAIN AND AGAIN.

   You NEED to FILL YOUR MIND with POSITIVE THOUGHTS that will KEEP a POSITIVE OUTLOOK that will have POSITIVE AFFECT in your life.

  If all you THINK ABOUT is NEGATIVE THOUGHTS then you can ONLY HAVE a NEGATIVE OUTLOOK which can ONLY LEAD to a NEGATIVE OUTCOME.

   YOUR THOUGHTS DETERMINE the REALITY YOU will LIVE IN.

   Peter Pan could ONLY FLY if he THOUGHT HAPPY THOUGHTS.

   If you want a POSITIVE OUTCOME think POSITIVE THOUGHTS like Peter Pan and BE HAPPY. 😀

   

Friday, March 15, 2024

You don't have to LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT

    There are MANY THINGS on our LIFE'S JOURNEY that we HAVE TO DO even though they are NOT TOTALLY WHAT we WANT TO DO.

    If you are those LUCKY FEW who LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR JOB then you will be ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW people who do. 

   GROWING A GARDEN takes a lot of HARD WORK but if you PUT IN THE HARD WORK you will ENJOY EATING your HARVEST OF VEGETABLES.

   You may NOT LIKE GOING TO WORK but you sure LIKE the PAYCHECK that you will EARN FOR GOING TO WORK, and YOU NEED THE PAYCHECK.

   You may NOT LIKE EVERYTHING about your family and friends but you WILL GLADLY take the GOOD WITH THE BAD to STAY CLOSE to your family and friends.

   You may DISAGREE with SOME PEOPLE but you can AGREE TO DISAGREE with them to GET ALONG.

    A LOT of the MOM AND POP BUSINESSES had to close during the pandemic making us all have to SHOP AT BUSINESSES that we WOULDN'T if WE COULD SHOP somewhere else.

   LIFE is something you have to CONSTANTLY ADJUST to HOW YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS because LIFE is CONSTANTLY CHANGING.

   You DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO IN LIFE, THAT'S JUST LIFE.

    

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

You can't STOP IT but you can STOP giving your STAMP OF APPROVAL

    There are MANY THINGS that are OUT OF YOUR CONTROL.

    There are MANY THINGS that are NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

    There are MANY THINGS that you WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE on your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

    Keep in mind that EVERY CHOICE you make MATTERS.

    AND that CHOOSING TO DO NOTHING is still a CHOICE you make.

    If you don't AGREE with a TELEVISION SHOW than DON'T WATCH IT.

    To express your DISAGREEMENT don't give it high ratings to keep it on the Air, TURN THE CHANNEL.

   If you don't LIKE IT then don't SUPPORT IT in any way.

   ONLY if you PROMOTE things that MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE will you be a PART of what MAKES A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE.

   It's true that you REAP WHAT YOU SOW, so PAY ATTENTION to the SEEDS you are PLANTING.

   The WORLD won't get BETTER on its OWN we ALL MUST DO OUR PART.

   

   

Monday, March 11, 2024

An HOUR can make a Big difference

    You WOULDN'T think the CLOCKS springing FORWARD an HOUR could have any REAL IMPACT on you.

    After all ....you went to SLEEP at the SAME TIME AFTER you CHANGED THE CLOCK.

    So if you WENT to bed at 10 LIKE NORMAL and you GOT UP at 8 Like NORMAL, then WHY does it FEEL like you were CHEATED out of an HOUR SLEEP?

   The ONLY DIFFERENCE is it is DARKER OUTSIDE in the morning.

   Goes to show you that if you are USED TO IT, Then if what you are USED TO CHANGES the SLIGHTEST BIT, YOU NOTICE 

    Old HABITS are HARD TO BREAK even INSIGNIFICANT HABITS are HARD to BREAK, CHANGE is still a CHANGE you will have to GET USED TO.

   Luckily our phones CHANGE TIME AUTOMATICALLY because when I saw the TIME ON THE STOVE this MORNING I thought I had PLENTY OF TIME to get ready.

   So I was WASTING TIME RELAXING when I looked at the TIME ON MY PHONE and realized I didn't have ANY TIME to WASTE if I was going to be READY IN TIME.

   You will get done the SAME AMOUNT of stuff in an 8 HOUR SHIFT but that HOUR SHIFT IN TIME will take you TIME TO ADJUST TO.

   LIFE is full of things CHANGING on your LIFE'S JOURNEY and you will JUST have to ADJUST as YOU GO on your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

   You can't get TOO COMFORTABLE in LIFE because LIFE is always CHANGING.

Friday, March 8, 2024

You have to ACCEPT IT for what IT IS

     You can't PRETEND that it is not WHAT IT IS, because IT IS WHAT IT IS.

    You may WISH it was DIFFERENT but IT IS WHAT IT IS.

    If you only have APPLES you can't make LEMONADE, you have to make APPLESAUCE.

   If life gives you nothing but LEMONS you can't make APPLESAUCE, but you can make some delicious LEMONADE.

   You may not be a FAMOUS PAINTER, but you can still find JOY in PAINTING.

   You may not have EVERYTHING that you ever wanted but you can be HAPPY that you have EVERYTHING you NEED.

    You can either see the GLASS HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY, It is up to you.

   But you could DIE OF THIRST if you don't TAKE A DRINK of the HALF OF GLASS you do have.

    Have you ever COMPLAINED about something SMALL to someone only for them to say I understand then you find out that they face far WORSE?

    You can ENJOY WHATEVER YOU GOT, if you make the MOST OF WHAT YOU GOT.

   So ACCEPT that Life isn't PERFECT, NOTHING IS PERFECT, but you can make PERFECTLY DELICIOUS LEMONADE.

    

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Before you team up with anyone, Ask yourself will they be a TEAM PLAYER?

   There are many different kinds of PLAYERS on a TEAM.

   There are many different TEAMS you will need throughout your LIFE'S JOURNEY.

    Before you TEAM up with ANYONE to do ANYTHING, stop and ask yourself a very important question.

   Will they be a good TEAMMATE?

   Will they WORK TOGETHER for the good of EVERYONE on the TEAM?

   To be a good TEAMMATE they have to be a good LISTENER so they  will to know what EVERYONE NEEDS.

   So you have to ask yourself are they a GOOD LISTENER?

    Each TEAMMATE has a ROLE to play for the TEAM if the TEAM is to be SUCCESSFUL.

   Each TEAMMATE should be INDIVIDUALLY SUCCESSFUL as well as be a SUCCESSFUL TEAM.

   Who you TEAM UP with in Life determines whether you will have the TEAMWORK you will need to be SUCCESSFUL in LIFE.

   Before you TEAM UP with ANYONE, STOP and Ask yourself will they be a TEAM PLAYER?

   

    

   

   

    

Monday, March 4, 2024

Every story is MOMENTS you ENJOYED

    As we sat around listening to the MANY STORIES about their VACATION days, it was like watching a movie.

    We followed along with the STORY vividly as they told us MANY DETAILS about how it LED UP TO the result of the MOMENT.

   There may have only been THREE SNOWBALLS thrown but it is the STORY told so VIVIDLY that it was a SNOWBALL FIGHT that we will remember.

   The FUNNIEST MEMORIES are the NOT SO FUNNY MOMENTS that you experienced.

   Yes there was lots of GOOD FOOD and GOOD FUN that are memorable but the MEMORIES of the NOT SO PERFECT MOMENTS are the MEMORIES we will always TREASURE the MOST.

    EVERY MOMENT is a MOMENT TO TREASURE even the MOMENTS that were NOT SO PERFECT MOMENTS you had to live.

    ENJOY Your LIFE'S JOURNEY while you are on the ROLLERCOASTER OF LIFE.